Mass Shooting Psychology

In the United States of America there are a variety of mass shootings that happen. There are many things that can happen during one, like deaths and injuries, after affects of people, and how it can cause another shooting. The topic of mass shooting is important to psychology in general because they would want to probably study the after affects of people involved and why the person that did the shooting did it in the first place. I am going to demonstrate a few different reasons about mass shootings.

This topic was discussed in the Buffalo News Article by Jerry Zremski published on October 2, 2017. It discusses a couple from Amherst lodging in the same hotel as the shooter. In the Mandalay Bay casino, they are giving their first-hand account as to what happened as they evacuated the casino in fear for their life. A reason why a social psychologist would want to study this is because of how the actions of the shooters changed the mindset of the couple along with the hundreds effected. They would also look to see what kind of behaviors changed within the couple from Amherst, NY. For example, if they act differently around others or are they more aware of their surrounds now that this had happened in front of them.
Meindl, PhD and Jonathan W. Ivy, PhD also discusses this topic. This article argues how mass shootings are a particular problem in the United States, with one mass shooting occurring approximately ever 12.5 days. They feel that these people do it due to gang activity or family slayings. My question is why do these people feel the need to kill or injure other people if they did no harm to them? As one mass shooting happens another one should be planned to happen in the near future why is this? There is really no explanation why someone would want to commit a similar act like